Cristin-resultat-ID: 2010737
Sist endret: 9. mai 2022, 10:43
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2022
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2022

Right-wing ideological constraint and vaccine refusal: The case of the COVID-19 vaccine in Norway

Bidragsytere:
  • Dag Wollebæk
  • Audun Fladmoe
  • Kari Steen-Johnsen og
  • Øyvind Ihlen

Tidsskrift

Scandinavian Political Studies
ISSN 0080-6757
e-ISSN 1467-9477
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2022
Publisert online: 2022
Volum: 45
Hefte: 2
Sider: 253 - 278
Open Access

Importkilder

Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85126203928

Klassifisering

Vitenskapsdisipliner

Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori

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Tittel

Right-wing ideological constraint and vaccine refusal: The case of the COVID-19 vaccine in Norway

Sammendrag

Research has shown a correlation between votes for populist parties and the belief that vaccines are not important or effective. More recent investigations in the United States and France have similarly shown that attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine have been politicized. In this article, we show a similar pattern analyzing survey data from Norway, a country relatively mildly hit by the pandemic and characterized by high trust and a consensual political culture. We find that refusal to vaccinate is associated with right-wing ideological constraint, even when considering a wide array of control variables (e.g., lack of confidence, complacency), and sociodemographic characteristics. The results imply that vaccine refusal latch onto established political cleavages, particularly among the most ideologically consistent. Thus, polarization in the form of increasing ideological constraint may represent a mounting challenge for vaccine uptake, suggesting that vaccine communication should go beyond “explaining the science” and factor in ideology.

Bidragsytere

Dag Wollebæk

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for samfunnsforskning

Audun Fladmoe

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for samfunnsforskning
Aktiv cristin-person

Kari Steen-Johnsen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for samfunnsforskning

Øyvind Ihlen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon ved Universitetet i Oslo
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